OpenBlue Connect API

An Enhanced API Designed Exclusively For OpenBlue (previously FM:Systems) Software

Restful Services

A fully featured REST API available for OpenBlue software.
 

Secure

Prioritizing your security with modern security workflows.
 

Enhanced Speed

A faster solution than basic web services, allowing for iterative or bulk insertion.

Your Data, Your Way

Utilizing your data from OpenBlue Workplace couldn't be easier.
 

Services

OpenBlue Connect API is a fully featured REST API. This service allows you to integrate your data into, or from, OpenBlue Workplace (formerly FMS:Workplace). Integrating your downstream systems utilizing modern technology. See below for a few services that are available.

HR Feeds

Integrate your HR data to get all of your employees into the system.

Badging Systems

Integrate your badging data to help understand who is accessing certain areas.

Resource Scheduler

Integrate your resource scheduling data and map meeting and space reservations within OpenBlue Workplace.

Seat & Environmental Sensors

Integrate your seat occupancy and environmental sensors to understand seat utilization and the current environment statistics of spaces.

Xovis

Integrate your Xovis camera data to help understand occupancy of certain spaces.

Scheduled or Invoked Jobs

Invoke your endpoints as jobs or schedule them to run at a specific time. Automate your workflows for a more streamlined solution.

Integration Comparisons

  OpenBlue Connect API SOAP Webservices Flat File
Bi-Directional Data Integration Yes Yes Yes
Data Processing Speed Fastest
(Thousands of records in minutes)		 Faster
(Rate limited, one record every 70ms)		 Normal
(Limited to data in file)
Data Processing Type Bulk or Iterative* Iterative* Bulk Only
Data Type JSON XML CSV
(Or Other Flat Files)
Schedulable Yes No Yes
Commonly Available Endpoints
(Easily Pull Most Module Data)		 Yes No No
FMS Involvement Minimal to None Medium Very High
PCAB Requirement Minimal to None Required Required
Implementation Effort Lowest Medium Highest
Subscription Yes No No

* Iterative - one record at a time, or per call

Testimonials

Barbara RedmondPoint32 Health
OpenBlue Connect API has been essential for us to integrate our core systems. Instead of depending on flat file imports, we have real time data flowing between systems.
Rich BelarAMS Workplace Technology
OpenBlue Connect API offers a simple and modern platform for efficient, fast, and secure data transfer with OpenBlue workplace management solution that is able to handle very large data sets.
Ben FinneyOpenBlue
With OpenBlue Connect API, organizations can access and manipulate information from different sources all in one place, making it much easier to gain new, impactful, and actionable insights.

Frequently Asked Questions

A REST API (Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a standardized way for different systems to communicate over the internet. It allows software applications to interact with each other by sending and receiving data in a format (JSON) that's easy to understand. REST APIs play a crucial role by enabling seamless integration between different platforms, facilitating data sharing, and empowering teams to efficiently access, manipulate, and utilize information from various sources to enhance their campaigns and strategies.

Yes, OpenBlue Connect API allows for bi-directional data transfer via the most common HTTP Methods.

Yes, OpenBlue Connect API is built by AMS Workplace Technology in collaboration with OpenBlue (formerly FM:Systems).

You are not limited to one integration. OpenBlue Connect API can scale out to as many integrations as you require.

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